The Tennessee star., 1887-11-25
EALSsEYlNG HISTORY.
s'AAlAe'eNta Falsehoods Uttered By {
G10riffers Of &eneastnnix,,

Glorifiers or 'Seeessiontsm.
Jackson, Clcvelands 3 hate Minister TO
Mexico. in attempting to defend his
recent rebel speech in glor:fication of
Jen Davis and secessionism, dclibcr-
ateiy falsiiies history as follows:
IL mas been hay conviction all my life that the
model government would be reached on this
earth tarough local sovereignty as opposed to
the Capitalization OF power. 1t is my convic-
ton, therefore, as il has always been, that when
tbs solution OF the problem OF human govern
ment is found it will be found in a lodgment of
locai sovereignties, in local commonwealths. 1t
was the triumph of this principle OF which I
spoke in my address. It was for this principle
that Mr. Davis fought and against this principle
that Mr.. Lincoln fought. Mr.. Davis represented
State sovereignty. Mr.. Lincoln stood for q
centralized nation. When my prediction comes
true, If il should come true that the true prin-
ciple of successful government is local rights
lodged in loca; sovereigntics in that triumph
MIR. Davis would take precedence by virtue OF
the triumph OF the principle Of government for
which he fought.
A greater amount of falsehood than
is contained in the above could hardly
be crammed into the same number Of
words The platform on which Lin
coin ran IN 1860 expressly disclamed
any intent e interfere with the States
and emph atfcally pledged the Repub-
hcan parts 10 ''lhe maintenance invio-
late of the rights Of States, and es-
pecialIy the right of each State to or
der and controi its own domestic insti-
tutions according to It's own Judgment
exclusively. What could be more
explicftP Accepting without reserve
or qualification the constitution is it
then stood the Republican party dis
claimed any right or intent to inter-
fere with slilyerysin the States. and in
language which it is almost impossible
to misconstrue affirmed that the So
called State sovereignty about which
Jackson pfates should remain 'inyio-
late. On all occasions Mr. Lincoln
reiterated these pledges. and no man
was ever firmer bound than he to re-
spect the rights Of +the States In
claiming to, the contrary Jackson sim
ply displays monumental ignorance or
willful attempt, to falsify the plain,
indisputahle facts Of history.
Deploring the existence of slavery
inside the States the Republicans, in
1860, regarded the evil as one for
which they were not responsible, and
which. under. the Constitution, they
could not cure. PIedgipg themselves
without reserve to maintain the con-
stitntional rights of the States, they
proposed only to resist the extension
of slavery into the Territories and over
the National domain in opposition to
the will Of majority Of the people of
the Nation. Assured immunity from
interference Inside the State, and with
slavery ahd State sovereignty as well
established III the South as constitu-
tienal guarantees could make them,
the def Davis secessionists proposed,
In defiance Of the will of the majority,
to extend African bondage over terri
tory belonging to the Nation, and it
was here that the Republicans met
themb saying thus far, and no
farther. But the Republican party
was no 'tirmer pledged to the doctrine
of freedom in the Territories and the
preservation of the Union than it was
to ''the maintenance inyiolate of the
States, and especially to the rights Of
each, to order and control its own do
mestic institutinns according to it's
own Judgment exclusively"
Facing threats of secession, Mr..
Lincoln, during the period between his
election and Inauguration, made the
one request that no attempt to- dis
member tile Union should be made un-
til ''solne act violative of the rights of
the States should be done, by the in
coming Administration well know
ing that no such net would be perpe-
trated. The Duff-Grccn letter recently
published shows how shrewdly Mr..
Lincoln avoided the trap set for him
BY Buchanan. and at the same time
how cmphatieally he reiterated after
his election the Republican pledge to
maintain the rights of the States and
the Republican denunciation of armed
invasion Of State. The Southern
States had nething to fear from outside
interference with their. domestic con-
Germs, and the assertion that they re-
belled to resist such Interference and
to protect their constitutional rights is
an abominable falsehood. They re-
beiled because opposition was made to
the extension Of slavery over National
domain and the rule of the country
contrary to tho vail OF the majority.
What is the meaning of the present
attempt III the South to distort the
plainest facts of historic record and
lndoetrlnate tie rising generation
with monstrons political falsehoods?
1he rebellion oi 1860 was without a
shadow OF justification and was inaug-
nrated without The semblancc of a
decent preteNt. i et political liars and
falsifiers like JACKSON are ploclaiming
that jeff Davis, not Lincoln, was the
rightful President, and that the slave
breeding Confederate States seeded
only because their constitutional rights
We're assailed by the Republican Adj
ministration. Chicago Tribune.
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BAYARD'S POLICY.